Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

By Professor Andrew Stewart, Legal Consultant and Shauna Roeger, Law Clerk It is generally accepted that where a contract of employment has no agreed duration and makes no provision for termination, the common law will ...

The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (the Act) introduces paternity leave in Ireland for new fathers and other "relevant" parents. Up to now, Ireland was one of only a few European countries that did not provide for ...

By Dayna M. Steinfeld The general rule in employment law is that employees can be terminated from employment without reason or cause, so long as employers provide proper notice of termination, or pay in lieu of notice. ...

By Steven M. Schneider and Jessica Iglesias The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued its final rule concerning the controversial “persuader rule” that greatly expands employers’ obligations under t ...